Miller, L. W. (Leslie William), 1848-1931
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Herman J. Schwarzmann Memorial Tablet, 1915
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1915
Penguins, 1918, 1962
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1918; 1962
Spanish Cannons and Carriage, 1905-2006
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the Fairmount Park Art Association's presentation of the cannons to Fairmount Park (1905), a recommendation to transfer them to Memorial Hall due to weather damage (1909), and the Association's successful effort to resist donating the cannons to the World War II scrap metal campaign, resulting in a resolution that they retain their position in front of Memorial Hall (1942). Also includes correspondence and an agreement regarding fabrication of a cannon carriage by...
Dates:
1905-2006
Sundial, 1903, 1962, 1992-2011
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1903; 1962; 1992-2011
The Pilgrim, 1904-1922, 1952-1967, 1999-2023
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the New England Society of Pennsylvania offering the statue to the Fairmount Park Commission and requesting a site (1904), and correspondence regarding the relocation of the statue from its temporary location at City Hall to its permanent site on East River Drive, including efforts to raise $5,000 to transport the statue in time for the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims and an Art Jury resolution approving the relocation (1920). Also includes correspondence...
Dates:
1904-1922; 1952-1967; 1999-2023
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- Clippings 2
- Inventories 2
- Agreements 1
- Ephemera 1
- Herman J. Schwarzmann Memorial Tablet 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Penguins 1
- Photographs 1
- Proposals 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
- Spanish Cannons 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Sundial 1
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